development-skills

Name: development-skills Review
Item: development-skills
Rating: 3.0
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Focused on producing staff-engineer-quality code from AI agents. Opinionated patterns for code architecture, testing, and review standards.

Disciplined engineering workflow plugin for Claude Code and Codex CLI: plan before code, review every change, and keep the 'why' on disk so context survives /compact and /clear. Tasks are triaged into pass-through, light, or full workflows — the full flow gates research/plan (user approves before code), a chronicle capturing rationale, TDD implementation with evidence-based claims, and a staff-reviewer subagent review. Ships 24 skills (workflow, Python/TypeScript/Java/Swift/frontend, review and utilities) plus auto-format hooks.

Generate staff-engineer-quality code instead of basic templates
Apply senior-level architecture decisions during development
Write production-ready code that follows industry standards

11 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Focused on producing staff-engineer-quality code from AI agents. Opinionated patterns for code architecture, testing, and review standards.

Best for

Senior developers who want Claude to write code at a staff-engineer level rather than junior-dev boilerplate.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/reidemeister94/development-skills

By reidemeister94

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Instructions to paste into Claude

/plugin marketplace add reidemeister94/development-skills
/plugin install development-skills@development-skills

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate staff-engineer-quality code instead of basic templates

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars11Contributors3Last updated2026-07-24LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-18 · scanner vattempted-no-data

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit

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Minimalism – An undervalued development skill — Hacker News · 506 pts
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3 mentions across 2 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 9 GitHub stars; 3 contributors; last commit 3d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

Skill effectiveness depends heavily on context length and model capability; does not replace code review or security audits. Quality gains are relative to baseline Claude output, not an absolute guarantee of production-readiness.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

4/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.00 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 9 GitHub stars; 3 contributors; last commit 3d ago; license MIT.

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